Charges His Alone Army Chief Swears Truth
Secretary Stevens assumed full responsibility for the Army charges against Sen. McCarthy and rejected any cover up claim. In resumed hearings Stevens and McCarthy sparred over White House involvement, with Stevens insisting on his orders and testimony while McCarthy pressed for links to aides and higher officials.
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Washington
Stevens
Army
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
McCarthy Army
White House
Executive Department
Pentagon
Far East
Congress
Mild Quake Rattles Southland Residents Felt Across Cities
A brief rolling quake lasting two to three seconds struck at 4 53 p m Sunday in the Tehachapi area. No damage reported as Caltech seismologists classify it as a sizable aftershock from a larger Tehachapi event. Strongest readings came from Foothill communities with reports of unsettled dishes in Glendale and Montrose. The Berkeley seismograph station logged the event with a Tehachapi Mountains center.
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Los Angeles
Caltech
Tehachapi
Foothill
Glendale
Montrose
Santa Paula
Long Beach
Bakersfield
Irvin
Lebee
Independent, Press-Telegram
Berkeley
University of California Seismograph
Tehachapi Mountains
Berskeley
Judge Cancels Chessman Execution Stay
Los Angeles AP report says Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke revoked the stay of execution for death row inmate Caryl Chessman and denied a writ of habeas corpus. Chessman’s attorney Berwyn Rice plans appeals to the California and U S Supreme Courts. Judge Keating ruled no new grounds were raised and urged moving the case to the California Supreme Court.
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Bulletin
LOS Angeles
Charles W. Fricke
Caryl Chessman
San Rafael
San Quentin
Hel J
Chessitian
Berwyn Rice
California Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Thomas Fy Keating
Rice
Chessman
California
Keating
California Attorney General's Office
Neating
Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General
Court Puts New Ban on Segregation
The Supreme Court moved to enforce anti segregation rulings with orders admitting Negroes to publicly funded facilities. It urged lower courts to revisit education cases after last week’s school desegregation decision and upheld a clause allowing deportation of aliens who were Communists.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Houston
Tex
Florida Supreme Court
University of Florida
U. S. Circuit’ Court
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
U. S
Cirewit Court
Cincinnati
James W.’ Moir
Louisville
McCarren
United States
Justice Frankfurter
Douglas
Black
Knight's Threatener Found Hanged in Cell
William B. Barrows, 42, who admitted sending Gov. Goodwin Knight an extortion note, was found hanged in his jail cell after ripping his shirt to fashion a noose. He blamed drinking, had signed the note with his own name, and was arrested after a tip from the governor's aide. The note demanded $5000 and was postmarked May 17 from Los Angeles with a rooming house as return address.
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LOS_ANGELES
Goodwin J. Knight
Donald Aboe
William B. Barrows
F .Barrows
William Parker
Governor's Aid
Oscar Johnson
Los Angeles
Rooming House
Barrows
Fort Angel Heroic Nurse Returns From Dien Bien Phu
Lt Genevieve de Galard Terrabye, famed nurse at Dien Bien Phu, arrived by plane in Hanoi in good health after tending hundreds of wounded as the fortress fell on May 7. She was evacuated along with 422 French wounded and 853 total injuries released by Vietminh, then flown to Luang Prabang and Hanoi via helicopter and plane.
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Hanoi
Genevieve de Galard Terraybe
Dien Bien Phu
Reed
Fort Pans
Bachmaii
Luang Prabang
Caotian
Vietminh
Beach Combing and Media Notes Sidebar Index
Brief listing of newspaper sections and page references including Beach Combing on B-1, Billy Rose on Page A, Editorial on A, Financial on B-3, Obituaries on B-2, Radio and TV on 8-10, Sports table on B2, and special pages A-12 and a2 Your World on B2.
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Billy Rose
H. Boyle
Financial
Spe
Battle at San Diego Bay Involving Fishing Boats
SAN DIEGO reports say fish boats fired verbal broadsides in a clash off the Coronado Islands as the Coast Guard and FBI joined the scene. Two sport boats Old Ironsides and Matilda, with about 60 fishermen aboard, and a small skiff were involved, a flare was fired, and a 22 caliber pistol was used in the exchange.
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San Diego
Coast Guard
Perseus
Coronado Islands
Here
FBI
Louis Kelechenyi
Ingle
Wood
Mra
Dadk Ja Skinner
Manhattan Beach
Charles Chamberlain
Ironsides
Ines
Chamberlain
Keleste
Weather update night and morning drizzle and low clouds
A weather note reports night and morning low clouds with drizzle persisting through the period. Visibility remains limited as damp conditions continue across the region. Continuous light precipitation affects outdoor plans and air quality remains mild.
Hair Restorers Drive Inventor to Build Mousetraps
Bellflower inventor Judson Honeycutt, 76, claims his new automatic mousetrap gimmick is a hair restoring technique. He refuses to discuss the method, saying only that it could become a million dollar business if the secret leaks. An anonymous letter urged him to publish the formula, prompting his wary reaction.
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Judson Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Chuck Sundquist
Bellflower
Gree
Youth robbed after swimming flood channel incident
Robert I Coombs reports four cents stolen by a gang of teens who surrounded him Sunday near 6855 Butler Ave. He was unable to run and was struck after protesting the robbery. Police are investigating the incident and collecting statements.
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Robert, I. Coombs
Butler , Ave
Coombs
Coomba
Guard Plane Crashes Aboard Five Coast Guard Asset
A Coast Guard aircraft with five aboard disappeared Sunday night while en route from Riverside to San Antonio. The plane, part of the National Guard air patrol, was last seen mid morning near San Antonio's Kelly Field. Authorities pursued search efforts, but details remain scarce.
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San Antonio
Indiana
Gist Air Force Base
Hert
el Paso
San’ Antonio
Kelly
Civ Air
Atterbury
Afb
Columbus
Tae
Ational
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Joseph Welch
Eden
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Indochina
No. 10
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London
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Italy
Freichter
Asia
Rivi
Ho Chi Minh
Angel
Paris
Pham
Bellflower Inventor
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